Fine Arts Day Program Planned for Week Showpiece
Music week features a Tuesday Fine Arts Day with a 10am convocation by Alexander B. Trowbridge head of the American Federation of Art in Washington. The Thayer art collection dedication occurs at 2:30pm with talks by Jo Zach Miller and W. Y. Morgan. A reception follows and a banquet at 7pm in the Union with speeches by Chancellor Lindley and William A. Griffith.
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Alexander B. Trowbridge
American Federation of Art
Washington ,D. C
PD. M. Swarth
School of Fine Arts
University
Thayer
Spooner- Thayer Art Museum
Jo Zach Miller
Kansas City
W. Y. Morgan
Hitchinson
Board of Regents
L. D. Wittemore
Mulgane Art Museum
Topeka
R. A
Union
Business Ad Fine Arts
Lindley
Clara. Hatton
William A. Griffith
Los Angeles
Art
Alexander Trowbridge
Cuba criticizes US tariff on sugar and tobacco at trade meeting
At the Fifteenth annual National Trade convention in Cuba, ambassador Ferrera condemned American tariffs as detrimental to Cuban progress and warned of higher duties if hostility to Cuba continues. Chilean ambassador Davila and Mexico’s Los Angeles delegate Barrendhea stressed harmony with the United States and strong Latin American trade prospects. American speakers urged broader trade with Latin America as the meeting closed.
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Hiusion
Texas
Cuba
Orestes Ferrera
Quarlos G.davils
Chile
United States
Manuel Mayo Barrenchea
Los Angeles
Confederated Chambers of Commerce
Mexico City
Davila
South America
Barrendhea
B.A. Alameda
Mexico
Latin America
New Gorham Pool Well Expected to Exceed Surprise
Salina Kansas April 27 AP Deep sand in the Gorham oil pool was tapped for a second time at noon when Stearns Streeter at the James A Mermis No 2 north of the Mermis No 1 bottomed at 8307 feet with oil in minutes The deep sand lies 250 feet below the Oswald lime where previous drilling stopped Oil men say today’s well would exceed the surprise well which has produced over 700 barrels of oil daily Two escape Phillipsburg jail Kansas April 27 AP The second jail delivery in six months occurred when Joe Spetzengel and Darius Hendrickson escaped by breaking a 13 inch brick wall with pine cover Spetzengel taken at Parsons Hendrickson at Shreveport early in March Two Die in Burning Home Rocus Texas April 27 AP A 50 year old man and his daughter Trude burned to death when a fire from an oil stove with defective wiring destroyed their home Italian Firerive in Jump Rome April 27 AP Lieut General Alessandro Giudoni former Italian air attache in Washington was killed when a parachute failed to open after jumping from a plane over Montecelio Earlier items include a student forum address and Teapot Dome sting noted for public discussion.
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Salina
Kan
Gorham
Stearns Streeter
James A. Mermis No. 2
Mermis No. 1
Gorham Russell County
Phillipsburg
Kansas
Joe
Texas
Sborn
Vand
Daughertrude
Rome
Alessandro Giudoni
Washington
Montecelio
Arrest Bela Kun in Vienna after secret orders claim
Vienna reports Bela Kun, former Hungarian communist leader, arrested for returning illegally to Austria after establishing a commercial office in the seventh district. He says he came to Vienna to carry out orders from Moscow. Hungary seeks surrender amid charges of numerous crimes. Authorities fear plots against Kun. He previously led the Hungarian Soviet regime and Red Terror before fleeing to Vienna in 1921. He has since surfaced in Italy Germany and Galicia with ambitions of uprisings.
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Vienna
Bela Kun
Moscow
2 Kun
Austria
Kun
Hungary
Europe
Se'a Kun
Russia
Crimea
Italy
Germany
Galicia
Portugal
Major Amaral
Portuguese Safety State Police
Deaths and Funerals in Local Church Services
Mrs John R Barnes funeral held at Plymouth Congregational with school staff and students in attendance. Emily Ball alumnus sang Abide With Me and students sang Lead Kindly Light as services followed by burial at Lone Elm Kansas. Francis Marion Marlatt 89 died at his daughter’s home in Kansas City Kansas with multiple survivors. Marquis Hamilton 82 dies. funeral at St Luke's AME Church with burial at Oak Hill. Gerald Bowers colored of Lawrence fined in fishing case by Justice Stevens.
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John R. Barnes
Plymouth Congregational Church
A. D. Grey
WW. Curfman
J. E. Stoneipher
F. H. Olney
George Kirchhoff, Jr
John R.dyer
E.B. Shultz
Margaret
Jane’ . Winslet
Evelyn Swarthout
Margaret Chamney
Clarke ‘Adams
Harold Hardtaker
Henry Hood
Helen Kinney
Jeannette White
Martha Meade
Ted O'Leary
Herbert Weatherby
Billy Holloway
Lone Elm
Kaw
Francis Mario Marlatt
Francis Marion “Marlatt
Percy M. Feltt
Twentieth Street
Kansas City
Kan
Felt
Leona
M. Warren
Fairdale
Khan
Frane Feltt
Lawrence
Jesse W
Tibbets
Osage Avenue
Fairweather-Wernerchotel
Seventh Street
Armstrong Avenue
Oak Hill
Marquis Hamilton
New York
St. Luke's AL M. E
Mx.King
Oak. Hill Cemetery
Gerald Bowers
Richard B. Stevens
Art of Musicians Seen as Job Not Art by Roentgen
Engelbert Roentgen, leader and cellist with the Minneapolis Symphony, says musicians face a job perception. He stresses specialization and dedication, notes art interrelations, and traces a family lineage from Amsterdam to major European orchestras.
New York P T A Elects Officers at April Meeting
The New York school P T A held its April meeting electing officers. Re elected president was Mrs C C Krum with H W Edmondson as vice president, H V Shepard as secretary, and Lottie B Perkins as treasurer. A certificate labeled the New York P T A as superior arrived from the Kansas Council. The candy sale added 26 dollars and 50 cents to the treasury. A play day in South Park May 18 was voted, with mothers hosting. Kindergarten won a prize for best attendance. after a program, a social hour and light refreshments followed.
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New York School’ Parent- Teacher Association
CC. Krum
H. W. Edmondson
H. V. Shepard
Lottie B. Perkins
Usees
B. R. Corey
Lawrence PT. A. Council
New York P.T. A. As
W., C. Hamilton
Kansas Council of P. T. Aywas
Vead
Frank
Liggett
Treasury
South Park
Point System Adopted for Lawrence High Activities
Lawrence high school students will hold offices in school organizations and take part in athletics and productions next year under a point system adopted by the student council. The system, to start next fall, will not affect officers elected this spring and is applied by Principal John R. Barnes to allow participation based on grade points. George Melvin Gets Air Ride and Other Tiny Notes: County attorney George K. Melvin visited Kansas City on business and rode in an airplane test monoplane, seeing the craft after invitation. Theodore Gardner, wintering at St Petersburg, Fla, plans to return to Lawrence in May for the move back from Florida.
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Lawrence High School
John R. Barnes
George Melvin
George K. Melvin
Kans
Lawrence
Theodore
Gardner
Fla
Kansas set for vast state building program 1927
Topeka April 27 AP three million dollars in biennial appropriations for state institutions are under construction or soon to be. State architect Charles D Guthbert says plans for the entire state building program are nearly complete. Five educational institutions will receive new buildings. others will be built at various state facilities. Snow hall KU will house biology departments. Training School Emporia and Magic Hall Pittsburg are under way. Days KSTC science building, Manhattan KS Agricultural College ward unit and nurses home at Bell Memorial, and other projects target completion by 1929 summer term. The program includes new cell houses at Lansing and Hutchinson grandstand work for the state fair. Seeho Hyde ends Missouri Senate bid to avoid GOP split.
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Topeka
Kansas
Charles D
Guthbert
Beata
Cuthbert
Snow
University of Kansas
Snow Hall
Booth
Mount Oread
Potter Blake
Kansas State Teachers’ College
Empoia
Cuth‘bert
Kansas “State Teachers’ Gallery
Pittsboro
Pittsburg
Days
Hays
Kansas State Agricultural College
Manhattan
Bell Memorial Hospital
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas School For the Blind
Winfield
Lansing
State Reformatory
Witehinsom
Hutchinson
Reformatory
Insurgent Band Slain in Mexican City Clash
Dispatches report nineteen rebels killed in a clash with federal troops near Las Guajolotas. Commander Felipe Suarez among the slain. Insurgents split into two groups after defeat to escape pursuit. fate of others unclear. General Luis Alcala led the federal forces in the operation.
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Mexico
City
Felipe Suarez
Las Guajolotas
Luis Alcala
Sale of Lapted's hogs a record semi annual sale
Fred Laniad owner of Lapted's Stock Farms reported the thirty first semi annual hog sale near Lawrence drew about 400 buyers from Kansas Oklahoma Missouri and Nebraska. Top price 55 paid by Ira Rothrock for a Poland China boar. 41 head 35 Duroc sows and 6 Poland China gilts sold at about 40 each. Auctioneers Rule Ottawa Jom Topeka and Dawson Kansas City. Next sale set for October 25.
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Fred Laniad
Lapted’s. Stock Farms
Lawrence
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Nebraska
Poland
Ira
Roth+ rock
Baldwin
Harrison Meyer
Leavenworth
Ote
Rule
Ottawa
Pol— Jom
Topeka
Dawson
Kansas City
Stewart's Testimony Details Shift in Liberty Bond Funds
Washington reports a Senate Tea Pot Dome transcript of Robert W. Stewart's testimony was sent to John D. Rockefeller Jr. for information. North Dakota Senator Nye notes Rockefeller's interest and mentions Stewart receiving 300 of the liberty bond profits from Continental Trading Company of Canada.
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Washington
Robert W. Stewart
Senate
Dome
Nye
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
North Dakota
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Stewart
Liberty Bond
Chicago Faces Acute Corporate Fund Shortfall
Chicago's unappropriated corporate fund balance stands at about $13,300, per the city comptroller Charles Fitzmorris. Financial experts call the shortage the most acute since 1917, when bonds were issued to sustain the fund.
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Chicago
Charles of
Pass Bill For Marker At Medicine Lodge
The senate passed a house bill appropriating 2500 dollars for a marker at Medicine Lodge Kansas to commemorate the holding of an Indian peace council where plains treaties were made in October. Also reports from Alaska show Hoover favored candidates winning local Republican posts and a brief note on farm bill debate and Kansas gas hearing. Wheat prices rose to their best since January with No 1 red wheat at 2.07 a bushel and No 4 hard winter at 2.25. A Williamsburg widow, Ina Trabert, 65, died by suicide, jumping into a well. Additional notes cover a murder trial continuation in Ottawa Illinois and Polish flyers possibly planning a flight to New York.
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Washington
Senate
House
Medicine Lodge
Kans
Kansas City
Kansas
Board of Trade
Williamsburg
Ottaway-Kan
Ina Trabert
Drake Carnival Opens With Fast Tracks At Drake Stadium
A warm sunny afternoon opened the Drake relay carnival at Drake Stadium Des Moines with a fast dry track and record breaking pace. The meet drew 2 649 athletes from 244 institutions across sixteen states, across five days. Opening events featured prep athletes while intercollegiate stats set the stage for major events tomorrow.
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Drake ‘Stadium
Des:Moines
Tientsin Sanctuary Houses Political Refugees Worldwide
Tientsin shelters a large number of ex-presidents, ministers, and governors in concessions under Great Britain, France, Japan, and Italy. The population includes 169 ex-leaders and 90 cabinet members and 75 former governors, with the former emperor Hsuan Tung living in the Japanese concession and preferring the Anglicized name Henry Pusi.
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Tientsin
Great Britain
France
Japan
Italy
Hsuan Tung
Henry Pus
Li Yuan Ming
Hsu Shih-chang
Tsao Kun
Toang Chijuiy
Republic
Sam Yat-sen
Yuan Shih-kai
Meng Kao-chang
Coolidge
Revival of classical music in Paris after slump
Paris music scene rebounds as orchestras and chamber groups regain audience support. Bach and Beethoven draws return to cabarets and clubs fade as four major symphonies including the French Conservatory celebrate strong spring seasons. International ensembles from Willem Mengelberg to Amsterdam Concertgebouw and groups from England Germany and Italy to perform through spring and early summer.
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Paria
Paris
Newoos
Mica
Conservatory of Music
Willem, Mengeburg
Amsterdam
Concertegubouw
England
Germany
Italy
European cars seen as luxury as sales lag in Europe
AP report from Washington notes tailored views on autos across Europe where pedestrians outnumber drivers by wide margins. In France a car is a privilege, in Germany a domination, in England an element of comfort, in Italy a modern necessity, while US sees cars as current utilities. Few European models sell for under four figures.
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Paris
Europe
France
Germany
Air Makeursen
England
Washington
Italy
Goolidee
United States
Eause
America
Asro Provels
Cars boom in Japan as imports rise sharply
Tokyo reports a surge in auto buying despite low business mood. 40 to 50 new driver licenses are issued weekly, with about 16 000 passenger cars and trucks in Tokyo. If import trends continue, around 10 090 cars may be in the capital by year end 1928. American cars predominate though German and French models are popular. High license fees and duties hinder use. Driving tests demand a full day to prove driving ability.
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Tokyo
Japan
Metropolitan Police Bureau
Tere
HC Hotel
Police Raid Osaka Hotel Raided as Gambling Resort
Resort police raid on the Dobuil Hotel in Osaka for gambling activity results in a three day padlock order. Seventy five guests occupied the hotel with six foreigners among them. Loss to hotel estimated at about 25000 dollars during the closure. Wife Luck for Divorce Pauline Schelman filed for divorce from A Shiman, a barber.
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Osaka
Japan
Dobuil
Pauline Schelman
A.shiman
Gisraty
Prohibition plank debate opens Boreh campaign in Chicago
Senator Boreh of Idaho plans to push a prohibition plank in the Republican platform as he opens his campaign before the Hamilton Club in Chicago tomorrow night. Other items note Spangler of Kansas qualifying at Drake Relays with a 22 ft 11 5 8 in broad jump, Chicago crime commission calls for removal of three criminal court judges, Eriksen building near Mass Ave advertised for May first, Coolidge requests a special appropriation of 23445.95 for Camp Funston claim, and Tower height given as 985 feet with insistence on accuracy.
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Washington
Boreh
Idaho
Hamilton
Chicago
Eg Spangler
Drake
Es Moines
Spangler
Kansas
Aiis
Alin
Oman
Fudges
Apri
Criminal Court
Chicago Crime Commission
Spanish stage braces for talent drain to tours abroad
The article notes Spanish theatre relies on a few stars to draw crowds while many actors earn meager wages. Prominent performers increasingly tour to Central and South America for better pay. Elizabeth Randle returns home to Milford after a prolonged absence due to her father J R Randle’s illness and death.
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Prhances
Madrid
Central
South
America
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Roentgen
Minneapois Symphony
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Gewandhaus Orchestra
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le Bourget
Louis Idzikowski
Casimir Kubala
Virginia Arnold
Roland Stover
Orient
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GJ. Eriksen Furniture Co
C. J. Eriksen
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Lawrence Lawrence, Kansas
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Milford
J. R Randle
Rae
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Dap Docking
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Mgclanahan
Whipple
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JS. Stover
Carl Antrim
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Federal Reserve System
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